Mossy Lea Reservoir

Mossy Lea Reservoir is a disused near , north . In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Commissioners of the Glossop Reservoirs", obtained an act of Parliament, the Glossop Reservoirs Act 1837, to construct the Glossop Reservoirs.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Glossop railway station and Norfolk Square.

Railway station
Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in , . Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after and .

Square
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the centre of in Derbyshire, England, a former mill town close to the . It forms part of the town centre, adjacent to the crossroads where the A57 road meets the A624. , opened in 1845, is just to the north of the square.

Park
Photo: Damo789, Public domain.
is a city park in , Derbyshire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glossop and Crowden-in-Longdendale.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is a town of 33,000 people on the edge of the . It lies in the county of , which is part of the .

Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small and isolated village in the upland valley of Longdendale in . Crowden's main interest to travellers is as the traditional first-night stop on the northbound .

Town
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is a town in the of , England; it had a population of 6,763 at the 2021 Census. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with , at the western edge of the and close to .

Mossy Lea Reservoir

Latitude
53.4484° or 53° 26′ 54″ north
Longitude
-1.915° or 1° 54′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C5WC3XM+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201015315
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Wiki­data ID
Q6916715
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